That's the reason America has one of the worst health care systems of first world countries in the world. The massive amounts of money that pharmaceutical companies generate off this inefficient healthcare system and the racketeering that goes on in it. Goes right back to unregulated Capitalism and the inherent lack of ethics and morality that system entails.
It would also be noteworthy that Canada and the UK both also have capitalist economies, so clearly there are forms of capitalism that exist which allow for proper healthcare service, and that are not 'Socialist' economies. 2009/2/17 Larry Lyons <[email protected]> > There's a problem when you bring in medical research into the equation. > Most medical research by pharma is usually patent protection or working on a > slight variation of their current best seller. The vast majority of real > innovation has come from the NIH and NIH funded research centers. Not from > pharma. So you're raising a specious argument here. If the US went for a > single payer insurance system like in or Canada or a two tiered system like > the UK, this would not affect the real scientific research community. Only > the bloated big pharma. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:288793 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
